“Kaddi Samjh Nadaana Ghar Kithe ee” is a sobering spiritual wake-up call by the 16th-century Sufi master Shah Hussain. In these verses, the poet rebukes the human ego for its obsession with worldly status and wealth, reminding the seeker that death is an inescapable reality and that the only “true home” lies beyond this material illusion.
کدی سمجھ ندانا
گھر کتھے اِی سمجھ ندانا
آپ کمینہ ،تیری عقل کمینی
کون کہے تُوں دانا
Kaddi samjh nadaana,
Ghar kithe ee samjh nadaana
Aap kameena, teri aqal kameeni,
Kaun kahe tu daana
Understand at last, O ignorant one,
Where your true home really is, understand O naive one.
You are lowly, and your intellect is base,
Who could ever call you wise?
ایہنیں راہیں جاندے ڈھٹڑے
میر ملک سلطاناں
آپے مارے تے آپے جیوالے
عزرائیل بہانا
Ehni rahi jaande dhatre,
Meer malik sultana
Aape maare te aape jeewale,
Azrael bahaana
On this very path, I have seen them going,
The great chiefs, lords, and kings.
He Himself gives life and He Himself takes it,
The Angel of Death is but a pretext.
کہے حسین فقیر سائیں دا
بن مصلحت اُٹھ جانا
Kahe Hussain faqir saeen da,
Bin maslehat uth jaana
Says Hussain, the dervish of the Lord,
One must depart without any choice or delay.
Vocabulary: Kaddi Samjh Nadaana
- Nadaana: Ignorant / Naive person.
- Kameena/Kameeni: Base / Lowly / Materialistic.
- Daana: Wise / Intelligent.
- Dhatre: Fallen / Departed / Seen going.
- Bahaana: Pretext / Excuse / Instrument.
- Bin Maslehat: Without consultation / Perforce / Inevitably.